Introduction
kubestart is a Cluster-as-a-Service platform that lets you provision production-ready Kubernetes clusters on demand. Instead of spending days setting up infrastructure, you get a fully configured cluster in minutes.
How it works
Section titled “How it works”- Choose a package — Pick the right size for your workload (Starter, Business, or Enterprise).
- Select a region — Deploy close to your users with our European data center regions.
- Provision — kubestart handles networking, storage, DNS, TLS certificates, and security policies automatically.
- Connect — Download your kubeconfig and start deploying workloads with
kubectl.
What you get
Section titled “What you get”Every kubestart cluster includes:
- Kubernetes 1.31 — Latest stable release, managed and upgraded for you.
- Cilium CNI — eBPF-based networking with built-in network policies.
- Cert-manager — Automatic TLS certificate provisioning via Let’s Encrypt.
- Ingress controller — Expose services to the internet with a single annotation.
- Monitoring-ready — Optional Grafana and Prometheus add-on with pre-built dashboards.
Architecture
Section titled “Architecture”kubestart clusters run as vcluster instances on shared host infrastructure powered by Hetzner Cloud. Each cluster is fully isolated with dedicated namespaces, resource quotas, and network policies.
The platform is built on GitOps principles using Flux CD — every change is version-controlled, auditable, and automatically reconciled.
Next steps
Section titled “Next steps”- Quickstart — Create your first cluster in 5 minutes.
- Concepts — Understand packages, add-ons, and regions.